[EM] DMC, Ties & Eppley's RVH

Eric Gorr eric at ericgorr.net
Tue Aug 30 11:45:58 PDT 2005


http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/Definite_Majority_Choice

When it comes to the handling of ties, what objections would there be to 
using Eppley's Random Voter Hierarchy (RVH - 
http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~seppley/MAM%20procedure%20definition.htm)?


It seems likely that injecting some possible randomness into an 
otherwise deterministic method would reduce the potential for strategic 
manipulation.

Furthermore, it would make the complete explanation of DMC far similar 
then having to explain the six stages after which one still may(?) end 
up with an unresolved tie and no predefined way to resolve it.







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